
Minerva Urecal
Actress
Born: September 20, 1894 (71 years old)
Died: February 26, 1966
Place of birth: Eureka, California, USA
Biography
A stage actress, Urecal made her screen debut in 1934. For the remainder of her career and two hundred plus movies, she played cleaning women, landladies, shopkeepers and the like. She was known as a Marjorie Main type actress and later went on to a career in television playing in such shows as "Tugboat Annie" and "Peter Gunn." Minerva claimed her name was an amalgam of her hometown, Eureka, California.
Filmography (89)
- Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941, ★ 6.9)
- 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964, ★ 6.9)
- The Trap (1946, ★ 6.7)
- Three Godfathers (1936, ★ 6.9)
- Niagara (1953, ★ 6.8)
- The Jackpot (1950, ★ 7)
- They Stooge to Conga (1943, ★ 7.3)
- You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939, ★ 6.8)
- Sitting Pretty (1948, ★ 7.1)
- Destry Rides Again (1939, ★ 7.2)
- Fury (1936, ★ 7.5)
- Marty (1955, ★ 7.5)
- Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948, ★ 6.8)
- Shadow of a Doubt (1943, ★ 7.5)
- Mr. Skeffington (1944, ★ 6.8)
- Quiet Please, Murder (1943, ★ 6.8)
- The Noose Hangs High (1948, ★ 6.8)
- California (1947, ★ 6.8)
- The Doolins of Oklahoma (1949, ★ 6.8)
- Sadie McKee (1934, ★ 6.9)
- Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937, ★ 6.8)
- Perry Mason (1957, ★ 7.7)
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955, ★ 7.8)
- The Bells of St. Mary's (1945, ★ 6.8)
- The Abbott and Costello Show (1952, ★ 7.2)
- Salty O'Rourke (1945, ★ 5.7)
- State Fair (1945, ★ 6.6)
- Without Reservations (1946, ★ 6.2)
- Bowery Blitzkrieg (1941, ★ 5.8)
- The Lost Moment (1947, ★ 6.1)